Businesses in the Humber have the opportunity to join a trade mission to Rotterdam in March to make links with our European neighbour.
The visit to help attract trade links to the benefit of the Humber economy will also see a civic party from Hull sharing its cultural heritage with Rotterdam while finding out how our region can learn from how the city has used culture as part of its wider regeneration.
The trade mission and civic party will set off on P&O ferries at 5pm on Tuesday March 27 and will arrive back in Hull on March 30.  

A June trade mission to Brazil, which has the world’s second fastest growing economy, is to be led by Team Humber Marine Alliance, World Trade Centre Hull & Humber and UK Trade & Investment.   With funding from UKTI, the cost for the five days in Recife will be less than £1,000.   A Brazil Briefing held at the World Trade Centre revealed some astonishing facts and figures on the country’s current growth rate and concluded that the effort of getting into its market is likely to be rewarded many times over, particularly for engineering companies.  

The Government of Dubai, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing will be holding a business seminar at the World Trade Centre Hull & Humber.   Local businesses are invited to find out the inside track on doing business in Dubai at World Trade Centre Hull & Humber on Thursday 23rd February. The presentation is part of a series of seminars, chaired by the Government of Dubai, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) around the United Kingdom.   Dubai has long earned the reputation of being one of the world’s most desirable business destinations; its positive economic policy and ambitious growth plans have underpinned the introduction of an equally progressive infrastructure, with first-class facilities across the board, from telecoms to ports and aviation.  

Plans to build a progressive biomass energy centre in Hull have been officially revealed.
The £130 million project, another shining example of the UK’s excellence in the renewable energy sector, could generate enough energy to power 95,000 homes.   The Queen Elizabeth Dock-based plant would burn wood shipped from overseas to provide green electricity and reduce carbon emissions by 190,000 tonnes a year.   Power company Real Ventures wants to build the plant and it is expected that planning application will be submitted to Hull City Council by April.  If approved, building work could begin by the end of the year.  

•Extra £117,000 funding now confirmed •Developers and builders reminded of 10th February deadline for submissions •Expression of Interest form simple to complete   The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership has today been told that its allocation from the Government's Growing Places Fund will now be £5,917,641. The allocation is £117,000 more than expected due to amended 2010 figures and less money going to devolved administrations.   The funding will form the first phase of the LEP's Humber Infrastructure Fund, launched last month, and will be used to part-fund infrastructure to enable developments that create new jobs.